SIC TRANSIT ...

To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

This will be my first, and, I trust, my last letter to the CRIMSON.

My intellectual aplomb was shattered by the revelations of Professors Schlesinger and Galbraith that the Corporations has overtly discriminated against deserving Democrats. It would seem that possibly as many as twenty-three deserving Republicans have received honorary degrees, while only four democrats have been so honored by Harvard...

I can picture the 1960 meeting of the Corporation. An unnamed member is addressing the group:

"Fellow reactionary members of the Union Club--we have been found out. No longer can we blacklist democrats, labor leaders, and other unfortunates. Our current list includes twenty-seven Democrats (none of whom will contribute a nickel to Harvard), and one worthwhile fellow, a Republican.

"Our statistician has informed me that we will have to substitute a Democrat for this Republican to even the score. I hereby nominate Lucius Wormwood, Boston County dogcatcher, whose slogan smacks of Harvard: 'Elect Wormwood, or Boston will go to the dogs.'"

I am happy to have the privilege of attending Harvard at a time when it has such staunch defenders of liberalism as Professors Schlesinger and Galbraith.

Should the Corporation adopt the suggestions of these professors, may I humbly suggest that the motto of the University be changed from "Veritas" to "Sic Transit Gloria Universities." Robert Lee Behrens '34, ooC.